My Lord, I Did Not Choose You

My Lord

I did not choose You

For that could nev­er be;

My heart would still re­fuse You

Had You not chos­en me.

You took the sin that stained me

You cleansed me

made me new;

Of old You have or­dained me

That I should live in You.

Unless Your grace had called me

And taught my op­en­ing mind

The world would have en­thralled me

To heav’n­ly glo­ries blind.

My heart knows none ab­ove You;

For Your rich grace I thirst;

I know that if I love You

You must have loved me first.